please oh please would someone enable new users on mefi again. the shame and humiliation of posting as "demo" is monumentally soul-destroying. Won't anyone think of the children? posted by demo to Bugs at 6:37 AM (134 comments total)
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So what's the problem? You're able to post, right? And I can think of lots worse usernames than "demo."posted by konolia at 6:44 AM on June 10, 2003

Coming soon from Pixar: Finding Demo. A bunch of bored MeFites locate an unused member account and flush group norms of online identity and accountability down the toilet. Rated G.posted by rory at 7:14 AM on June 10, 2003

I made it go big and small. Big and small!posted by demo at 7:16 AM on June 10, 2003

i'm gonna wash them group norms outta my hair...posted by demo at 7:19 AM on June 10, 2003

See, this is exactly what I was talking about. I can't tell all these usernames apart - they look so similar at first glance - and I'm getting mixed up trying to remember exactly who said what...posted by soyjoy at 8:06 AM on June 10, 2003

Come, riffola, join us - resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.posted by demo at 8:08 AM on June 10, 2003

I vote for at least a temporary suspension of commenting, posting and viewing privileges of all the guilty parties.

It's just a bit of fun, riffola. But to save matt the trouble of searching through all the IP logs, I suppose you had better start by banning me.posted by walrus at 8:09 AM on June 10, 2003

I thought that was you, walrus - it was the accent that gave you away. And to be fair, I 'fess up to the devo joke and at least one other demo comment.posted by yhbc at 8:12 AM on June 10, 2003

commish: the Are we not men? comment was by far the best (the only one that really made me laugh). Kudos. And yes, please, keep it in the grey/brown/asphalt/whatever).posted by Ufez Jones at 8:43 AM on June 10, 2003

No, really - this thread makes for some of the best collective comedy MetaTalk has produced. Matt, I think demo deserves a gold star. No, not that one. That one.posted by soyjoy at 10:13 AM on June 10, 2003

Don't get testy with me, now.posted by test at 11:29 AM on June 10, 2003

All this time, I thought test was Miguel's neighbor.posted by Mid at 11:36 AM on June 10, 2003

<wishlist>For the love of all that is holy, show IP addresses in this thread.</wishlist>posted by j.edwards at 11:59 AM on June 10, 2003

Test is actually Demo's neighbor, but Demo types up all of his posts for him as they are quite good friends and at one time were both quite famous in their native land, but Test's grasp on the English language is somewhat questionable.

I hate that rabbit
What the hell is wrong with you! Everyone loves the rabbit. How can you possibly hate him.. He's so cute, and he has a pancake on his head! A pancake! Imagine that! A pancake!posted by ac at 1:57 PM on June 10, 2003

I've met demo, and you, sir, are no demo.posted by holloway at 2:50 PM on June 10, 2003

And the madness continues unabated even after daddy took the t-bird away. As it should.posted by Space Coyote at 3:18 PM on June 10, 2003

Damn stupid time zones. How come the US contingent get to have all the fun and the important parts of the world are left with nothing but seething and cleaning up the mess?

*picks up mop, starts on the only part of the floor that is still visible*posted by dg at 3:20 PM on June 10, 2003

Matt, seriously, block all those IPs up there.posted by Hildago at 3:49 PM on June 10, 2003

Oh, people where just having a bit of fun, no harm done. If the "bug" hadn't been exploited here, someone else may have used it for less amusing purposes. Everybody got to play a game and the system is that much tighter for it.

*shrugs shoulders*

Of course, I didn't pile in, but only because I was too late and too dim.posted by elwoodwiles at 4:07 PM on June 10, 2003

As long as we're telling Matt what to do, seriously, don't block 'em. Better idea would be to just block those who took advantage of the situation and did something malicious or cruel.

Oh, wait. Nobody did, as far as I can tell.posted by cortex at 4:15 PM on June 10, 2003

Hildago must enjoy his new job in airport security.posted by quonsar at 4:28 PM on June 10, 2003

It's all fun and games till... The demo-abuse was limited to the brown, and demo didn't do any Front Page Foolishness. Pretty restrained, I'd say.posted by theora55 at 5:43 PM on June 10, 2003

Hildago, if Matt did as you suggested, you might have banned some of his favorite people. Heck, how do you know HE didn't join in before he took "demo" off the market?

On the other hand I think you suspect Miguel of being one of the petty miscreants, and saw a chance of disposing of him quietly.posted by konolia at 5:45 PM on June 10, 2003

konolia? wtf?

please spit it out, because I am totally confused.posted by taz at 6:02 PM on June 10, 2003

konolia knows where the bodies are buried, it seems.posted by dg at 6:11 PM on June 10, 2003

quonsar, I think both of those were before this post, and, if I'm right, that means that nobody playing around here strayed, and also that the "original" demo, knowing full well that his/her skeleton key would self-implode, still chose to point out the hack. In other words, a great mefi member who doesn't yet exist...posted by taz at 6:29 PM on June 10, 2003

quonsar, I think both of those were before this post
bzzt. i have inside information.posted by quonsar at 6:53 PM on June 10, 2003

Okay, I admit that I'm dimmer than a broken light bulb. Will somebody please explain the hack, the secret, the trick, the whateveritwas? Please?

Oh, and since when is the grey side brown? When did that happen? Or am I even dimmer than I thought?

I had a lengthy confession spelled out, but on preview, the only thing I will now honestly confess to is being the two "test" comments bracketing the one miguel confessed to above. So there!posted by yhbc at 8:10 PM on June 10, 2003

I was the one railing against the homosexuals & the Jews. Upon reflection, I realized there's no reason we can't all love one another. At least until the rapture, when the chosen ascend to heaven and the homosexuals and the Jews gets what's a-comin' to 'em.posted by jonson at 8:35 PM on June 10, 2003

Ashbury, all I can tell you is that for a short period of time, if one logged in as "demo" (and used the password "demo") then, lo and behold, one was POSTING as "demo".

*munches cookie while mourning Oolong*posted by konolia at 8:39 PM on June 10, 2003

I would have seconded the madamjjj comment and added dabitch.posted by planetkyoto at 2:08 AM on June 11, 2003

Looks like I missed the party ... again. So ... are there any cookies or pancakes left? I'd even take a rabbit if someone has a spare. :Dposted by Orb at 3:28 AM on June 11, 2003

Matt, seriously, block all those IPs up there.

Hildago, seriously, take a chill pill.

We come here day after day to see what's going down in this place, to take an interest in the general health of the 'filter, and what do we get for our trouble? Moan, moan, moan, to the point where we actually start to believe the critics of MeFi who paint us as a bunch of uptight killjoys. Worse, we find ourselves drawn into the moaning, moaning along with everyone else, wallowing in our new-found puritanism 'til the negativity seeps into our pores. Then on one rare occasion we get the chance to play harmlessly with a minor security hole that we know Matt will close as soon as he sees it, which could be any time within 0 to 24 hours, yielding one of the most entertaining threads on MeTa since, ohhh, forever, and what do we get?

Block those IPs! Suspend their accounts! Stop that wanton fondling! Rock and roll is the devil's plaything!

Prescription: 1 chill pill, to be taken three times daily before meals.

<sheepish>
ermm i suppose i may have posted one or two ...
</sheepish>
(starts to help with clearing up)posted by carter at 6:18 AM on June 11, 2003

I'm responsible for a few of the unfunniest comments.

I noticed this a few days ago, after the OD (Original Demo) started commenting in Metafilter. I didn't do anything with it (honest!) until yesterday's shenanigans, other than log in and screw around with the font settings--just cause, you know, bored and all.

Thank you konolia. It's as I suspected, but when I tried to perform said shenanigan myself, nothing happened. Dad must have already locked the liquor cabinet and nobody had yet noticed. I even had my own tagline which I thought was pretty good if I do say so myself, but now nobody will ever know.

I'd like to nominate "Are we not men?" as the comment in this thread.posted by GeekAnimator at 7:04 AM on June 11, 2003

I would like to thank one of the demo's for contributing the expression "Oh, great googily moogily" to my vocabulary.posted by carter at 7:10 AM on June 11, 2003

Geek, I second the nomination-but when will we be passing out the flowerpot hats?posted by konolia at 7:22 AM on June 11, 2003

Well there you go. Always pays to check the user page of a fellow MeFite before you go all just-woke-up tetchy on them, because it turns out he writes one of your favourite damn websites.

C'mon, Hildago, don't tell me you weren't even tempted to don the demo cloak.posted by rory at 7:45 AM on June 11, 2003

Is it too late to suggest that we ban the IP address of anyone requesting the banning of IP addresses in this thread? No! Wait! I didn't mean ... vanishes in a puff of logic ...posted by walrus at 7:48 AM on June 11, 2003

Well, if you can get hold of his password, it can be arranged.posted by konolia at 6:20 PM on June 11, 2003

I assumed hildago was kidding, in a morbid unfunny sort of way. If he was serious, he gets the MetaJerk of the Week award, and I too will begin calling him hidalgo.posted by languagehat at 6:31 PM on June 11, 2003

This would be funnier if everybody could have posted as MiguelCardoso
How would we notice the difference?posted by dg at 6:46 PM on June 11, 2003

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